WOW-WE 2025

Are you a woman looking to get into sailing or already taking part?

Fancy getting on the water in a fun, friendly and safe environment with likeminded women?

Donaghadee Sailing Club’s Women on Water on Wednesday Evenings (WOW-WE) encourages ladies to enjoy water related activities safely. There is more than just sailing on offer! Sailing dinghies and ribs will be available every session. We can arrange paddleboarding sessions or a snorkelling session on request. There may also be an opportunity to experience keelboat sailing. Wetsuits and buoyancy aids can be provided.

We are a mixed ability group, from total beginner to round the world sailors. Our common aim is to encourage, support and help each other on the water, whilst also having a giggle and gossip.

WOW-WE activities take place on Wednesday evenings at 19:00. For 2025 we will be running two blocks of three weeks introductory sessions, weather permitting*.  The cost for Non Members of DSC is £40, this can be deducted from a membership application if you would like to continue sailing after the three weeks!

WOW-We Launch – April 30 20:00 – anyone is welcome to come along and find out what its all about – join us  in the club for bubbles & nibbles

WOW-We 2025 Dates:

• Block 1: 7 May – 21 May
• Block 2: 6 August – 20 August

*  NB: If the weather prohibits sailing on an evening we have a range of shore-based activities to improve your nautical skills and, if our volunteers are available, may also be able to continue sailing for one further week.

Although all Donaghadee SC members can take part in the sessions free of charge – social members would be required to upgrade to a sailing member after their free sessions if they wished to continue on the water on a regular basis.

To book your place please fill in your details below (all fields are mandatory and all data in handled in compliance with the DSC GDPR policy).

Joining Instructions:

• On the water for 7.30pm so arrive early perhaps an hour before your 1st session ~ 6 30pm to allow time to get ready, try on equipment etc, and half an hour thereafter.
• Usually on water for an hour, or more if the weather is nice and the gossip good.
• Join us for a cold beverage or a cup of tea in the clubhouse bar after a warm shower.
• Swapping sailing boat type during sessions – we can be flexible, if it really doesn’t suit.
• Anyone needing wet gear, should request what they need when booking, ie wetsuit (don’t worry we’ll all be wearing them on a dinghy, but not needed on the bigger boats).

Thanks, The DSC WOW-WE Team 😉